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The Age of Framers in 1787
by Gordon Lloyd and Jeff Sammon

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Age - 20s

Jonathon Dayton (NJ) — (1760 - 1824) — Age: 26
John F. Mercer (MD) — (1759 - 1821) — Age: 28
Richard Dobbs Spaight (NC) — (1758 - 1802) — Age: 29
Charles Pinckney (SC) — (1757 - 1824) — Age: 29


Age - 30s

William R. Davie (NC) — (1756 - 1820) — Age: 30
Alexander Hamilton (NY) — (1757 - 1804) — Age: 30
Nicholas Gilman (NH) — (1755 - 1814) — Age: 32
William Houstoun (GA) — (1755 - 1813) — Age: 32
Rufus King (MA) — (1755 - 1827) — Age: 32
John Lansing, Jr. (NY) — (1754 - 1829) — Age: 32
Abraham Baldwin (GA) — (1754 - 1807) — Age: 33
Edmund J. Randolph (VA) — (1753 - 1813) — Age: 34
Gouverneur Morris (PA) — (1752 - 1816) — Age: 35
Jacob Broom (DE) — (1752 - 1810) — Age: 35
James Madison Jr. (VA) — (1751 - 1836) — Age: 36
Jared Ingersoll (PA) — (1749 - 1822) — Age: 37
William Few (GA) — (1748 - 1828) — Age: 39
Luther Martin (MD) — (1748 - 1826) — Age: 39


Age - 40s

Gunning Bedford, Jr. (DE) — (1747 - 1812) — Age: 40
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (SC) — (1746 - 1825) — Age: 41
William C. Houston (NJ) — (1746 - 1788) — Age: 41
James McClurg (VA) — (1746 - 1823) — Age: 41
William Paterson (NJ) — (1745 - 1806) — Age: 41
Richard Bassett (DE) — (1745 - 1815) — Age: 42
Oliver Ellsworth (CT) — (1745 - 1807) — Age: 42
David Brearly (NJ) — (1745 - 1790) — Age: 42
Caleb Strong (MA) — (1745 - 1819) — Age: 42
Pierce Butler (SC) — (1744 - 1822) — Age: 43
William Blount (NC) — (1744 - 1800) — Age: 43
Elbridge Gerry (MA) — (1744 - 1814) — Age: 43
Thomas Mifflin (PA) — (1744 - 1800) — Age: 43
James McHenry (MA) — (1743 - 1816) — Age: 44
James Wilson (PA) — (1742 - 1798) — Age: 45
John Langdon (NH) — (1741 - 1818) — Age: 46
Thomas Fitzsimons (PA) — (1741 - 1811) — Age: 46
Alexander Martin (NC) — (1740 - 1807) — Age: 47
William L. Pierce (GA) — (1740 - 1789) — Age: 47
George Clymer (PA) — (1739 - 1813) — Age: 48
John Rutledge (SC) — (1739 - 1800) — Age: 48
Nathaniel Gorham (MA) — (1738 - 1796) — Age: 49
Robert Yates (NY) — (1738 - 1801) — Age: 49


Age - 50+

Hugh Williamson (NC) — (1735 - 1819) — Age: 52
Robert Morris (PA) — (1734 - 1806) — Age: 53
George Read (DE) — (1733 - 1798) — Age: 53
John Blair (VA) — (1732 - 1800) — Age: 55
John Dickinson (DE) — (1732 - 1808) — Age: 55
George Washington (VA) — (1732 - 1799) — Age: 55
Daniel Carroll (MD) — (1730 - 1796) — Age: 57
William Samuel Johnson (CT) — (1727 - 1819) — Age: 59
George Wythe (VA) — (1726 - 1806) — Age: 61
George Mason (VA) — (1725 - 1792) — Age: 62
William Livingston (NJ) — (1723 - 1790) — Age: 63
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (MD) — (1723 - 1790) — Age: 64
Roger Sherman (CT) — (1721 - 1793) — Age: 66
Benjamin Franklin (PA) — (1706 - 1790) — Age: 81


 

         
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